Elgin Community Christmas Guests From Surrounding Towns
A long list of residents and relatives gathered in Elgin for Christmas and holiday visits. Bernice Peterson spent Sunday with her parents in Postville, while many others from Cedar Rapids West Union Waukegan and beyond joined family members for dinners and gatherings. A notable influx included Creighton Conner driving for the ladies and several travelers returning home for the holidays. The piece highlights multiple family visits, extended travels to Arizona California Chicago Waterloo Minneapolis and Manchester, and the welcome of new arrivals including Lyle Dean born recently to the Medberry family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Peterson
P. K. Peterson
Postville
Roger Downing
P. F.zoschke
Marie Schupbach
Chicago
Anna Schupbach
Carl Schori
West Union
Lyle Light
Mel Kohler
J. J. Potter
Arizona
California
Bessie Grimm
John Grimm
Margaret Crider
Cedar Rapids
R. A. Crider
Helen Muehlethaler
Shell Rock
F. C. Muehlethaler
Paul Liddle
Sonya
van Cleve
K. E. Mork
Myrlin Feller
Kay
Anita
Chas. Feiler
Max Medberry
Alton Medberry
Lyle Dean
Robert Kohler
Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Ethel Kohler
R. W. Muehrenthaler
Hazel Gehring
Frank Greenley
M. W. Kiple
Kenneth Evans
West Bend
Gus Krueger
Janet
Jeanette
Arthur
Lantz
N. W. Evans
Louise
Gus Boyer
C.S. Whitney
Paul Zurbriggen
Kanawha
Joe Becker
Grinnell
Lamoille
Mason City
Minerva
Harold Weibel
Weibel
Faith
John Falb
G. H. Falb
H. W. Falb
W. C. Falb
F. C. Muehiethaler
Lorence
Helen
Clarence Muehlethaler
Beverly
Rosa Muehlethaler
Katie Bauman
Frieda Freiburghaus
Waterloo
Mary Keiser
Harry Parsons
Earl Kiple
Joe Potter
Gerald Freeman
Texas
W. T. Wilson
Enid
Okla
Carl Sorensson
Iowa
Dewey Watkins
Elma
Kansas
C. B. Schori
C. R. Carpenter
Karl Fox
Carrie Whitney
Mary Carpenter
Fayette
Kenneth Meyer
Calmar
Arthur Carpenter
Fairbank
Ruth Carpenter
Knoxville
Tenn
Methodist and community church services listed for region
Elgin St Pauls holds service at 10 a m with church school at 1 p m Community Church Mlyria offers church school at 10 a m and worship at 11 15 a m Union Church Clermont schedules worship at 7 30 p m Invitations extend to join the services led by Minister Joseph C Warton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's
Elgin
Mlyria
Union Church
Clermont
Joseph C. Warton
Elgin Baptist Church Schedules Worship and Watchnight Service
Elgin Baptist Church announces Sunday worship at 10, Sunday school at 11, and evening service at 7 45 with B Y P U led by Evelyn Johnson at 8 35. Watchnight service Tuesday December 31 from 9 to 12 o'clock. No prayer service Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoschke
Chrystal Miller
Evelyn Johnson
Forty Years Together in Elgin Betwixt School Days
A nostalgic reminiscence from Babe Falb recalling school days in Elgin in 1896. She meets a boy who becomes her life partner after a later courtship, describing youthful romance, a first date after dark, and forty years of marriage marked by fun, tempers, and reconciliation. Fred and Babe Falb sign the note dated December 27, 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Babe Falb
Elgin Population Gained 28 in Past 10 Years
Official census figures released from Washington show Elgin's population rising from 610 in 1930 to 688 in 1940, a gain of 28. Fayette county increased from 29,145 to 29,151. The report reflects local students and residents visiting relatives for Christmas and other family travel noted in Elgin and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Census Bureau
Washington, D. C
Laurence Knudtson
Fayette County
Christmas dinner guests and holiday gatherings noted
Dr and Mrs D E Tinker hosted Christmas dinner with her parents Mr and Mrs L G Lehman. Roy Steele and family visited his parents in Decorah for Christmas. L K Langsdale traveled to Racine Wisconsin to spend Christmas with son Douglas and family. Louise Baumgartner returned from Icoe College Cedar Rapids for holiday break. Poultry meeting attendees Chas Capper and F D Welch. Max Hunsberger family Louise Bucher Ed Lehman shared Christmas dinner with E Hunsberger. Major students at State College Ames Keith Thoma and Robert Steele visiting Max Thoma and H S Steele homes. Fred Pinney reports selling 95 tickets for the firemen dance with others bidding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Howard
George Howard
Kenneth Hellum
Darlene
John Hellum
D. 4
Tinker
Strawberry Point
Paul Waters
Thomas
Waters
Postville
Whitney
Kanawha
M. Zurbriggen
R. P. Strauch
Betty
Keith Waters
Dean DeSart
Baltimore
Ray DeSart
Robert Wenger
State University of Iowa
Chris Wenger
Albert Leigh Schupbach
University Hospital
Everett Wiethorn
Waverly
Herman Schupbach
Anna Schupbach
R. P
Wis
Louis Falb
Chicago
Elmer Pinney, Jr
Frank Pinney
Minor Rorie
Robert Burg
Elmer, Pinney, Sr
Fred
B. J. Baumgartner
Louise
Samuel Mosby
W. F. Kohler
Edna Hunsberger
Lutheran Church
Alyina Frieden
Rudd
Mabel Frieden
Tripoli
Eva Mae Frieden
Humboldt
Henry Frieden
Lewis Thoma
Springville
Max Thoma
Thoma
Joan
Oelwein
Dean Culver
Elgin
Harry Parsons
Frieda Freiburghaus
Waterloo
F. C. Muehlethaler
Parsons
Miss Freiburghaus
Leo Schori
C. B. Schori
Georgia Mae Schori
Elaine Chesmore
Minneapolis
Minn
Albert Schori
Gerald
Schori
C. J. Harrington
Ethel Kohler
Frank Shipton
Geraldine Kohler
Chester
Russell Kohler
Warren Harrington
L. C. Koevenig
C. M. Peterson
Veronica. Schmid
Richard
Robert
Edward Jr
Manchester
Lulu Schmid
C. J. Mulford
Schmid
D. E. Tinker
L. G. Lehman
Roy Steele
Decorah
Steele
L. K. Langsdale
Racine
Douglas Langsdale
Louise Baumgartner
Icoe College
Cedar Rapids
B. J. Baumfartner
Chas. Capper
F. D. Welch
Elkader
Max Hunsberger
Louise Bucher
Ed Lehman
E. Hunsberger
Keith Thoma
Robert Steele
State College
Ames
H. S. Steele
Fred Pinney
The
Echo
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Newstem
N. W
Grace Evans
Cash Store
Feller & Baumgartner
Snoo For
G. 3. Mosby
Hahpy
Hanson Market
Melvin Hanson
Elgin Baptist Church
Ernestine Holzer
Georgia Grimes
Judson Patterson
Gene Schori
Wm. Schupbach
Upper Iowa University
Delila Oldag
Walter Ruckdaschel
Betty Wenger
Sumner
Winfield Masonhall
Harold Conner
Jack Wenger
Jack
Wadena
J. M. Frey
Paul Doan
Waukegan
Ill
T. W. Doan
Ziba Tripp
Mary
Janesville
Marshalltown
Harvey Gilbert
Robert Schneider
Fred Schneider
John Lyford
C. C. Shilders
Montezuma
Paul Morrison
Grinnell College
H. H. Wolf
Elgin Furniture Store
the Muehlethalers
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